Room 13 (Wallace novel)

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Room 13
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Author Edgar Wallace
Country United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreCrime
Publication date
1924
Media typePrint
Pages146
ISBN 1541195523

Room 13 is a 1924 crime novel by the British writer Edgar Wallace. [1] It was the first in a series of books featuring the character of J. G. Reeder, a mild-mannered civil servant who is a brilliant detective.

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Film adaptations

In 1938 it was turned into the British film Mr. Reeder in Room 13 directed by Norman Lee and starring Peter Murray-Hill, Sally Gray and Gibb McLaughlin as J. G Reeder.

In 1964 it was turned into a West German thriller Room 13 directed by Harald Reinl and starring Joachim Fuchsberger and Karin Dor. This was part of a long-running series of Wallace adaptations made by Rialto Film.

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References

  1. Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 488. ISBN   3598114923.